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Running desktop version [Microsoft® Excel® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2309 Build 16.0.16827.20130) 64-bit ] and there is no option for Place in Cell when pasting an image. Why?
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I have this same question. What utter stupidity to have this option available on some subscriptions and not on others (or to randomly test it without explanation). Typical Microsoft.
The worst part is that Excel rarely makes any improvements. Many times I will google a problem with Excel, only to learn that users have been reporting the same problem for 20 years! Why does Excel not have WYSIWYG? Why do cells with text randomly add or delete a row at the bottom? Why can merged cells not wrap text at all? Why does inserting a 250kb photo cause the file size to balloon by 10mb? The list of known problems is endless....
Ballooning file size is just one of hundreds of known issues that Microsoft has elected to ignore for decades. I often google a specific problem with Excel, and I will discover that users have been asking the same question for as long as the internet has existed, and probably before.
You may set picture format as "move and size with cells".
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When you change the cell size it will change the picture size.
I have the same issue but found a workaround. Insert the image into the spreadsheet as normal (insert>illustrations>pictures) then right-click on the image. Select "place in cell" and the image will be placed in a (randomly-allocated?) cell. You can then cut the image from that cell and copy to the cell you want.